I am Angry

poor not someone I wish to play.

Some people are bad sports - in chess, in sports, in life. You have to deal with it and bask in the glory of your win.

Don't let it get you down or angry - he's not a good sport and his chess etiquette is seriously lacking, but there are a lot of people like that out there. There also some very polite, kind people on chess.com. Bottom line: It's not worth your anger. You beat him fair and square, even though he was impolite. Don't give people like this the satisfaction of knowing you're angry.

Rainbow, This game has been going on for about 2 weeks because he took hours to make each move near the end.

Thanks for the comments, I see that I should take the high road!

That's just being unsporty. Dude just forget him and also a suggestion from me don't play long games try doing 3 days, 5 days or 7 days.

This was a 3 day I was saying that he had also played a 14 day game in which he lost on time from a lost position.

play 1 day games, as for that game i canot even comment

I see your point, and I was not claiming that it wasn't a 3 day time control

people like that can take the fun out of winning

It's happened to me too.  Just don't play him again.  You got the win right?  Move on.

Put him on double secret probation. If that doesn't work, call the U.N. and have sanctions put in place. That'll learn 'im.

Why didn't you just mate him with 38...Nc6#

shoot I missed it!!!

That's the whole point.  What if you stalemated him by mistake and drew the game?  Would you blame him for being a bad sport or blame yourself for making the mistake?

I totally understand how you feel.  There has been many discussions here about when it is appropriate to resign or play on.  I was up similar to this game and if I knew how to post games I'd show you.  I was up over 25 material points and had my opponent trapped with his sole king, where he was limited to moving one square back and forth.  Although some would say this is unethical, I asked him why he keeps playing in this position and his reply is that he likes to see how people finish the game. 

That's cool with me if they feel they can go on.  So with this situation in mind, I played 8 conditional moves to beat him, keeping him from dragging a completely lost game for weeks.

Thanks chess.com for conditional moves.

Best answer I've heard so far.

Some thoughts:

It is possible that he was hoping to find a move that would give a stalemate and so would get a draw instead of a lost game. That is hoping for a long shot, but it can happen. It shows he is a hopeful/positive player.

There can be uncertainty for some people which leads to indecisiveness and slower moves. It takes some people longer to consider moves.

Some people do not give up in such situations because they are giving their opponent a chance to play endgame moves. I use to play that way myself because I wanted the opponent to at least get something out of the game, even if it was just some endgame practice. Now I tend to resign early when I am down a piece and can see no way to present a good fight.

Cheers, Matt

thank you all, but what about him letting his time run out?